diff --git a/components/filesystem.rst b/components/filesystem.rst
index e799dfa2813..2efc4cffb2e 100644
--- a/components/filesystem.rst
+++ b/components/filesystem.rst
@@ -252,8 +252,6 @@ complete new file (but never a partially-written file)::
 
 The ``file.txt`` file contains ``Hello World`` now.
 
-A desired file mode can be passed as the third argument.
-
 Error Handling
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